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Because London's Cartoon Museum and British graphic novel publisher SelfMadeHero have launched The First Graphic Novel Award for 2023 for debut authors who have not previously been published And what's more, they will publish it. The First Graphic Novel Award asks authors to submit 15-30 pages of a graphic novel in progress, fiction or non-fiction A[...]

Turner; the second tells the tale of three amateur artists in the present-day united by a shared interest in Girtin's art. "Thomas Girter: The Forgotten Painter" cover art, SelfMadeHero Using this dual narrative to draw parallels between two eras of rapid technological advancement and socio-political turbulence, Oscar Zarate's long-awaited new graphic novel Thomas Girtin: The Forgotten Painter[...]

Comics, Kaarinart, Kannter Art, Knockabout Comics, LDComics, Meraki Comics, MoonSquid INK, Nevercity Creations, Nona Gallery, Parable Games, Peak Hare Collective, The Pig Patch, Power Comics Studios, RAWHEAD, Scratch Comics, Sector 13 Comics, SelfMadeHero and Sloth Comics.   The Lakes International Comic Art Festival has revealed comedians Frankie Boyle and Josie Long as performing guests at this[...]

Self-Made Hero continues its line of award-winning international graphic novels that we might not otherwise hear about with Days of Sand, the award-winning depiction of the American dustbowl by Aimée de Jongh that has sold over 40,000 copies in France and won multiple awards. "Days of Sand" cover art, SelfMadeHero. Days of Sand won the Best of[...]

SelfMadeHero, the UK's leading independent graphic novel publisher, has revealed that their graphic novel Sandcastle is the inspiration for M Night Shyamalan's major new feature film, Old He said: "Sandcastle truly inspired my film Old It is a profound mystery sci-fi graphic novel that is illustrated so beautifully and with such humanity[...]

Now SelfMadeHero are publishing the English edition of a European graphic novel biography of the man written by veteran comics writer Pierre Christin, writer of the classic Valerian and Laureline series, and frequent collaborator of Enki Bilal on top of screenplays and other graphic novels too numerous to name Self-taught and brilliant artist Sébastien Verdier[...]

His work has since appeared in The Guardian, The NME and Vice, and in 2016 was the subject of an award-winning documentary about his work, Ink, Cocks & Rock 'N' Roll. Together in September 2018, they edited I Feel Machine, a graphic anthology published though SelfMadeHero Based on the theme of technology Hanshaw and Able invited[...]

Scarlett and Sophie Rickard are adapting Robert Tressell's classic novel, The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists as a graphic novel, being published by SelfMadeHero Originally published after his death in 1911, the novel follows a house painter's efforts to find work in the fictional English town of Mugsborough to stave off the workhouse for himself, his wife[...]

British graphic novel publisher SelfMadeHero has three titles for comic stores in September And it's all getting a little rock'n'roll… I FEEL MACHINE GN JUL182134 (W) Krent Able, Julian Hanshaw (A) Box Brown, Shaun Tan, Tillie Walden Since the turn of the century, technology has transformed the way we communicate and consume, how we work and fall in love[...]

The King In Yellow is a collection of short stories by Robert Chambers, published in the 19th century, available in the public domain and popularised by

Adults only, obviously. Tomorrow it's the official launch of a bunch of SelfMadeHero titles, including The Man Who Laughs by David Hine and Mark Stafford, at Gosh Comics. Saturday, there's the Orbital Comics Pop Up Shop at Ritzy Brixton, alongside the release of Man Of Steel. At Forbidden Planet on Monday, Neil Gaiman is signing copies of Ocean[...]

Two indoor floors and a larger outdoor festival area made up the main convention area, with outdoor tent pavilions for the panels and art workshops and a discreetly hidden beer garden (Dubai is officially a dry city in deference to Islamic traditions but alcohol is widely available through hotel bars). John Rhys-Davies, the irrepressible Max Landis,[...]